Power Rangers for grown-up toddlers

Rating: 5/10 (17 October 2013)

I guess this is what modern cinema has come to. Complete abandonment of storytelling and drama in favor of eye candy and pandering to the Chinese audience.
Yes, the visual design is nice. The sound effects are overrated (the Star Wars prequels had much better sound).
The plot is non-existent. What remains is cynically predictable, a hodgepodge of lame B-movie story lines. Robots are seen punching their fists into their hands, and giving high fives to other robots.
The acting is mostly terrible, particularly from the wooden lead and his Asian girlfriend.
This movie suggests that modern moviegoers are a bunch of childish babies who just want to see robots fighting monsters. There's really no surprises, plot twists or even overarching storyline.
Pacific Rim has been called the future of blockbusters. It may be. But if you're a discriminating moviegoer, and feel nostalgia for good sci-fi action, like Wrath of Khan or Return of the Jedi, then you're bound to be disappointed.